FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Bobby Salazar, the owner of the “Bobby Salazar's” restaurants located in California, has been accused by federal prosecutors of hiring a gang member to set fire to one of his restaurants in Fresno.

According to the federal Department of Justice, Salazar hired the president of the local Screamin’ Demons Motorcycle Club to start a fire at a Bobby Salazar's location in 2024, and then claimed the loss on the insurance.

Bobby Salazar's lists six restaurant locations around Central California on its website. The name may be familiar to those outside the area thanks to a line of salsas by the same name sold in Walmart, WinCo, Safeway and other grocery stores in nine states.

U.S. Attorney Eric Grant says 63-year-old Salazar was arrested on a federal complaint for ar

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